About Janum Village

Janum is a large village in Kukru tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,184, made up of 1,103 males and 1,081 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janum village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Kukru
Pincode	832403
Area (hectares)	346 hectares
Population	2,184
Male Population	1,103
Female Population	1,081
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Janum compares

By the 2011 count Janum is the 4th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents. Its 346 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Janum

Janum is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Janum as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Janum from other places

Janum lies about 13 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Mahali Marup, about 17 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Janum
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	13 km
Nearest railway station	Mahali Marup	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kukru	28 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	33 km

Villages closest to Janum

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kukru tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Janum

As per the Census of India 2011, Janum village had a population of 2,184. That makes it the 4th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents.

Janum village has 1,103 males and 1,081 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janum has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Janum is 832403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Janum covers 346 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Janum falls under Kukru tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Janum is Mahali Marup, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Janum.

Janum is about 13 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janum is in Kukru tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 13 km away. Mahali Marup is about 17 km away. Kukru is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.